NZFF

While Airbus may be more fuel efficient and have lower running costs, they will never be able to beat Boeing in looks. IMO, the 737-300 beats the A320 hands down on the visual scale, so I decided to take the great little FFX model up for a flight around my favourite photographic hotspots for a screenie comp photo shoot, here are some of the 'finalists'

(13 pics, 1.5 mb)

1. Departing Welly at Sunset (too over the top)


2. A few seconds later, looking towards the South Island


3. Over the motorway


4. Daylight over the Manukau Heads (I'm still loving REAL NZ Auckland)


5. A little further forward


6. Heading North


7. If you look closely under the door, you can see the shadow of a nearby Eva Air 747


8. Piha Below the tail


9. A little lower angle, looking up Murawai Beach


10. Auckland city to the east (yuk, just noticed the blurries in that one)


11. I know, this is a bit repetitive, but here we look back at the Manukau Straight


12. That's Helensville down there


13. Banking back over the beach

I Have to agree, the 737 hands down beats the airbus on looks. Reminds me of an old saying, "If it aint Boeing, it aint going" Great screenshots of it

I also a 737 man. I love the A320 as well (don't get me wrong here) but the 737 is a sexy beast, above the a320.

Cool shots
Give me Boeing any day
I DO NOT LIKE AIRBUS

Certainly is a lovely aircraft, and not just in looks, let us not forget how much better the 733 flight deck is over a 320

That model and textures don't have the best detail, in comparison to the IFDG 320, yet still looks very nice.

Great screenies, I like the second one most

James

Awesome Trolly, your scenery setup never ceases to impress

monkeybdg wrote: Awesome Trolly, your scenery setup never ceases to impress

i'll say. not convinced by that repaint tho, but I'm a stickler for detail B)

Sigh, I'm a Boeing fan too lol
Great shots, for some reason 13 is my favourite, that Auckland scenery is great!

Albatross wrote: Sigh, I'm a Boeing fan too lol
Great shots, for some reason 13 is my favourite, that Auckland scenery is great!

This ring a bell for you? Got my vote alright

Yep, I only downloaded that FFX model after seeing Alisters screenie comp winner- very impressive stuff.

What do you mean about the repaint detail Zolt? It looks pretty good to me?

I'd fly it over the iFDG model anyday- same amount of detail, and this one is way easier on FPS. It looks real neat when you open the doors up too

I also liked that FFX model, stood the test of time too.
Now it's time to go do that Queenstown flight again!

Trolly wrote: What do you mean about the repaint detail Zolt? It looks pretty good to me?

ah, i'm just a stickler. just comparing it to this: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1100249/L/
for one, the nose gear doors are white instead of grey, the grey on the underside comes too forward to the nose cone and is too high on the fuselage, the star alliance logo is too big, the Air NZ text is too dark, the registration is blue instead of black...
whoa, i really have no life.

Oh my god those are amazing shots....

Ah yes, I remember this because it was the first banner I think I ever saw on NZFF

Im not a Boeing nut but I am a 737 nut loved all of Erics models but the centre join on the 733 always gives me the cringes I think he was asleep that day lol.

ah, i'm just a stickler. just comparing it to this: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1100249/L/
for one, the nose gear doors are white instead of grey, the grey on the underside comes too forward to the nose cone and is too high on the fuselage, the star alliance logo is too big, the Air NZ text is too dark, the registration is blue instead of black...
whoa, i really have no life

Fair enough- you certainly do have an eye for detail.

While improvments could be made, I'm still very happy to have a decent ANZ 733 in my sim

Great screenies Trolly! You have got your sim set up nicely. Fully agree about Boeing vs Airbus. I just don't trust French government and establishment types! I'm sure the ordinary citizens are fine people who don't often approve of what their government does. The fraud and corruption already exposed at Airbus with the 380 programme and being two years behind schedule with it is a worry!
I still prefer the 747 over the 380 as well as the 737 over the 318 or 320, whatever they're called!